| serosurvey of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from urban and rural areas from parana state, brazil. | considering the zoonotic potential of tick-borne disease (tbd) agents and the fact that dogs may act as sentinels for human infection, the aim of the present study was to determine the seroprevalence of tbd agents and risk factors for exposure in two different canine populations from parana state, southern brazil. a total of 138 dog serum samples from urban (ua) (n=68) and rural (ra) (n=70) areas were tested with commercial elisa rapid test for anaplasma phagocytophilum, ehrlichia canis and borr ... | 2013 | 24252955 |